Paper box.



- Patented Dec. I8, I900. E. T. GRUMP.

P A P E R B 0 X (Application filed Augv 10, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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* UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD T. GRUMP, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT G. RENNOLDS, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,316, dated December 18, 1900.

Application filed August 10, 1900. Serial No. 26,568. (No model.) v

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. ORUMP, a

citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Richmond, county of Henrico, State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in paper boxes, and particularly to improvements in that class of boxes which are used as receptacles for powdered materials, such as snufi; and it has for its object the provision of a box which when closed shall prevent accidental loss of the material contained in the box, and which shall be easy to open, so that the material in the box may be easily accessible, and which may be readily opened without risk of tearing any part of it.

The lids or cover-flaps of paper boxes as heretofore constructed are usually raised by means of the finger and thumb, and in being so raised they are often torn, when the usefulness of the box is practically destroyed. I overcome this objection by providing the cover-flap of the box with a string, by means of which the said cover-flap may be raised. This string also serves to unseal the box when it is first opened. Another advantage possessed by my box is that the opening through which the snuff is extracted is smaller than the cross-section of the box, this opening being made in the inner flap of the box and being closed by means of a flap or door the same in size as the opening and forming a part of the said inner flap. The inner flap may be pasted, if desired, but it is not necessary that it should be.

In the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification, and in which like numerals refer to like parts in the several Views, Figure I is a plan view of a blank out and creased, which when assembled will provide a box of the desired form. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of a box having its sides secured and having all of its mouth-flaps open. Fig. III is a perspective view of the box, showing the inner flap foldedinto position, the small opening in the same being partly open. Fig. IV is a perspective view of the box, showing the intermediate flap folded down over the inner flap. Fig. V is a perspective view of the box, showing the cover-flap partly closed. Fig. VI is a perspective view of the closed box, showing the opening-strings led around to the back of the box. Fig. VII is a perspective view of the box closed, sealed, and stamped. Fig. VIII is a broken perspective of the same box inverted, showing the manner in which the bottom' flaps of the box are folded beforebeing secured. Fig. IX is a perspective view of the box,showing a different way of arranging the opening-strings.

In Fig. I the dotted lines indicate the lines along which the different'parts of the box are to be folded. The sections marked 1, 2, 3, and 4 will respectively form the back, front, and sides of the box.

5, 6, '7, and 8 are the bottom flaps, which when properly folded and secured by means of paste will permanently close the bottom of the box.

9 is a side flap which is folded and pasted to the inner side of the side section 4 to hold in position the sections forming the body of the box. I

10 is the cover-flap, having the tongue 11 and provided with the string 12, which is passed through'two holes'in the cover-flap and knotted about the middle so as to leave.

two free ends of about equal length.

13 is an intermediate flap.

1 1 is an inner flap, which has the wings or extensions 15 and 16 and theextension 17 and also having an opening 21 cut in it, the said opening being out only on three sides, so that the part 18 bounded by the incisions may form a door or flap to close the aperture.

To form the box, the sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the fiap 9 are folded so as to form the body of the box, the flap 9 lapping and being secured to the inner side of the section 4 The bottom flaps 5, 6, 7, and 8 are then folded inward and pasted so as to seal the bottom of the box. The two wings 15 and 16 and the extension 17 of the inner flap 14 are folded, as shown in Fig. II, and the inner flap 14 is then folded down into position, the wings 15 and 16 and the extension 17 passing inside the body of the box, as shown in Fig. III. I now have a box having a sealed bottom and a mouthclosed but for the small flap-closed aperture 21 in the inner flap 14. I now fold down the intermediate flap 13 and the coverfiap 10, inserting the tongue 11 between the front of the box and the wing 15 of the inner flap. Fig. VI shows the closed box, and it also shows the strings 12 led from the front of theoover-flap around the upper edges of the box, the strings being allowed to cross one another at a point in the rear. If preferred, the strings 12 need not extend so far, but only to the rear corners of the box, as shown in Fig. IX. A strip of thin paper 20 is then pasted over the strings and around the edge of the box, (see Fig. VII,) the ends of the stringbeing left free. The revenuestamp 19 may then be attached, as shown. To open the box for the first time, the string 12 is seized by its ends, and it is first drawn around the edge of the box, cutting the paper sealing-strip 20 and the revenue-stamp, and the cover-flap 10 is then lifted by pulling the string in an upward direction. The intermediate flap 13 and the little door 18 in the inner flap 14 are then easily raised with the finger, the snuff being shaken from the small aperture 21.

This box is peculiarly adapted to contain such materials as snuff and to be carried in the pocket of the user, for the inner flap and the cover-flap perfectly prevent the accidental loss of the contents of the box, and the box may when first purchased be readily opened without the use of a knife or similar instrument and without risk of tearing the flaps, and subsequently the box may be quickly opened Whenever desired by merely pulling the string 12.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to protect by United States Letters Patent, is

1. A box having an inner flap adapted to close its mouth, downwardly-extending wings attached to the said inner flap and adapted to be folded into the box to hold the inner flap in position, a small flap-closed aperture in the said inner flap, an intermediate flap to fold over the inner flap, and a cover-flap adapted to fold down over the other flaps, the said cover-flap being provided with a string for the purposes specified, substantially as described.

2. A box having an inner flap adapted to close its mouth, downwardly-extending wings attached to the said inner flap and adapted to be folded into the box to hold the inner flap in position,.a small flap-closed aperture in the said inner flap, and a cover-flap adapted to fold down over the other flaps, the said coverflap being provided with a string for the purposes specified, substantially as described.

3. A box having an inner flap adapted to close its mouth, downwardly-extending wings attached to the said inner flap and adapted to be folded into the box to hold the inner flap in position, a small flap-closed aperture in the said inner flap, an intermediate flap to fold over the inner flap, and a cover-flap to fold down over the other flaps, substantially as described.

4. A box having an inner flap adapted to close its mouth, downwardly-extending wings attached to the said inner flap and adapted to be folded into the box to hold the inner flap in position, a small flap-closed aperture in the said inner flap, and a cover-flap, substantiaily as described.

Signed by me at Richmond city, Virginia, this 28th day of July, 1900.

EDWARD T. CRUMP.

Witnesses:

G. H. WINSTON, ARTHUR SoRIvENoR. 

